Editing Hermione Granger (section)

===Personality===
Hermione's most prominent features include her prodigious intellect and cleverness. She is levelheaded, book-smart, and very logical. Throughout the series, Hermione uses the skills of a librarian and teacher to gather the information needed to defeat Voldemort. When in doubt, she always turns to the school library.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Freier|first=Mary P.|date=1 January 2014|title=The Librarian in Rowling's Harry Potter Series|url=http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol16/iss3/6/|journal=CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture|volume=16|issue=3|doi=10.7771/1481-4374.2197|issn=1481-4374|doi-access=free|access-date=16 November 2016|archive-date=16 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116225750/http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol16/iss3/6/|url-status=live}}</ref> She is often bossy yet unfailingly dutiful and loyal to her friends—a person who can always be counted on. Rowling said that Hermione "never strays off the path; she always keeps her attention focused on the job that must be done".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/11/19/new-interview-with-j-k-rowling-for-release-of-dutch-edition-of-deathly-hallows|title=New Interview with J.K. Rowling for Release of Dutch Edition of "Deathly Hallows"|work=The Volkskrant, translated on The Leaky Cauldron|date=19 November 2007|access-date=5 December 2010|archive-date=20 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120150900/http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/11/19/new-interview-with-j-k-rowling-for-release-of-dutch-edition-of-deathly-hallows|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite Hermione's intelligence and bossy attitude, Rowling says Hermione has "quite a lot of vulnerability in her personality",<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/20001030/potter.html |title=A Good Scare |magazine=Time |date=30 October 2000 |access-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228031300/http://www.time.com/time/pacific/magazine/20001030/potter.html |archive-date=28 February 2010 }}</ref> as well as a "sense of insecurity underneath", feels, "utterly inadequate... and to compensate, she tries and strives to be the best at everything at school, projecting a confidence that irritates people."<ref name="BBC2001XMas">{{cite episode|title=Harry Potter and Me|series=BBC Christmas Specials|network=BBC|date=28 December 2001}}</ref> During her DADA exam at the end of ''Prisoner of Azkaban'', Hermione reveals that her biggest fear is failure after a [[Magical creatures in Harry Potter#Blast-Ended Skrewt|Boggart]] takes the form of Professor McGonagall and tells her that she has failed all her exams.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Foster |first=Tara |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6-Tc0rIpV8C&pg=PA111 |title=Hermione Granger Saves the World: Essays on the Feminist Heroine of Hogwarts |date=2012 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers |isbn=978-0-7864-7137-9 |editor-last=Bell |editor-first=Christopher E. |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |page=111 |chapter="Books! And Cleverness!": Hermione's Wits}}</ref>

After the final novel was released, Rowling stated that Hermione's career in the Ministry was to fight for the rights of the oppressed and disenfranchised (such as House-elves or Muggle-borns). Hermione is also very protective of her friends and values them so much that Rowling has suggested that, if Hermione looked in the [[Mirror of Erised]], she would see Harry, Ron, and herself alive and Voldemort defeated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-mirror-erised-main-characters-see-desires/|title=Harry Potter: What Each Character Saw In The Mirror Of Erised (& Why)|last=Tyler|first=Adrienne|website=Screen Rant|date=7 July 2021|access-date=11 May 2022|archive-date=11 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511134758/https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-mirror-erised-main-characters-see-desires/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hermione also learns to ignore what bullies such as Draco Malfoy say to her, often preventing Harry and Ron from retaliating and thinking of some way to outsmart him. She accepts her status as a Muggle-born, and says in ''Deathly Hallows'' that she is "a Mudblood and proud of it".{{sfn|Rowling|2007}}